Soul Boy
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Nairobi, Kenya. 14-year-old Abila lives with his parents in Kibera, one of the largest slums in East Africa. One morning the teenager discovers his father ill and delirious. Someone has stolen his soul, mumbles the father as he sits huddled in a corner. Abila is shocked and confused but wants to help his father and goes in search of a suitable cure. Supported by his friend Shiku who is the same age as him, he learns that his father has gambled his soul away in the company of a spiritual woman. The teenager does not want to believe it and sets about looking for the witch. When he finally discovers her in the darkest corner of the ghetto, she gives him seven challenging tasks to save his father’s lost soul. Abila embarks on an adventurous journey which leads him right through the microcosm of his home town …
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Credits
| Director: | Hawa Essuman |
| Screenplay: | Billy Kahora |
| Director of photography: | Christian Almesberger |
| Editing: | Ng'ethe Gitungo, Sabine Smit, Guy Wilson (Überwachung) |
| Music: | Xaver von Treyer |
| Cast: | |
| Samson Odhiambo | Abila |
| Leila Dayan Opollo | Shiku |
| Krysteen Savane | Geisterfrau Nyawawa |
| Frank Kimani | Macharia |
| Joab Ogolla | Abilas Vater |
| Lucy Gachanja | Abilas Mutter |
| Katherine Damaris | Abilas Tante Susan |
| Kevin Onyango Omondi | Bojo |
| Calvin Shikuku Odhiambo | Kaka |
| Christopher Abuga | Auktionator |
| Production company: | One Fine Day Films (Berlin) |
| Producer: | Tom Tykwer, Marie Steinmann |
All Credits
| Director: | Hawa Essuman |
| Creative supervisor: | Tom Tykwer |
| Screenplay: | Billy Kahora |
| Director of photography: | Christian Almesberger |
| Assistant camera: | Rafael Jeneral |
| Clapper loader: | Bonnie Katei |
| Lighting design: | Saul Ogada |
| Key grip: | Peter Juma |
| Set design: | Uli Hanisch (Szenenbild) |
| Editing: | Ng'ethe Gitungo, Sabine Smit, Guy Wilson (Überwachung) |
| Sound: | Matthias Lempert, Big Willie Kiumi |
| Audio mixing: | Matthias Lempert |
| Music: | Xaver von Treyer |
| Cast: | |
| Samson Odhiambo | Abila |
| Leila Dayan Opollo | Shiku |
| Krysteen Savane | Geisterfrau Nyawawa |
| Frank Kimani | Macharia |
| Joab Ogolla | Abilas Vater |
| Lucy Gachanja | Abilas Mutter |
| Katherine Damaris | Abilas Tante Susan |
| Kevin Onyango Omondi | Bojo |
| Calvin Shikuku Odhiambo | Kaka |
| Christopher Abuga | Auktionator |
| Production company: | One Fine Day Films (Berlin) |
| in co-production with: | Ginger Ink Films (Nairobi) |
| Producer: | Tom Tykwer, Marie Steinmann |
| Co-Producer: | Verena Rahmig, Guy Wilson, Ginger Wilson, Sarika Lakhani |
| Location manager: | Peter Gachanja |
| Shoot: | : Kibera |
| Original distributor: | X Verleih AG (Berlin) |
| Funding: | Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf) |
| Length: | 1641 m, 66 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:2,35 |
| Picture/Sound: | Farbe, Dolby |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.08.2010, 124048, ab 6 Jahre/feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (SE): 30.01.2010, Göteborg, IFF; Kinostart (DE): 02.12.2010 |
Titles
| Originaltitel (DE/KE) Soul Boy |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 1641 m, 66 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:2,35 |
| Picture/Sound: | Farbe, Dolby |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.08.2010, 124048, ab 6 Jahre/feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (SE): 30.01.2010, Göteborg, IFF; Kinostart (DE): 02.12.2010 |
Awards
| FBW 2010 |
| Prädikat: besonders wertvoll |




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